28 Jan
2007
28 Jan
'07
3 p.m.
On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:40:42 -0600, Tom Uban
<uban at ubanproductions.com> wrote:
How does the working CD solve my problem? I realize that I will be
able to write a large file on my PCs CD-RW, but will the MacOS be
able to read the file structure? And if it does, will it handle
the file type problem correctly? The new FreeMidi version is a .hqx
file. Will the OS know what to do with that or will I have to get
some Stuffit type thing to take it apart?
The Mac should handle the PC written CD. IIRC Stuffit expander was
include on both the 7.5 and 8 installs. Do a "find" to see if you
have it on
Alternates: if you have the dark gray SCSI adaptor cable, you can
hook the laptop up as a disk to another Mac's SCSI system. The
"PowerBook Setup" control panel allows you to choose the ID. Also, if
you have an AAUI you can drop the laptop on your LAN and transfer
files that way.
CRC
I'm looking for a bit of help from someone
knowledgeable on
MacOS 7 and/or 8.
I bought a Powerbook 150 years ago and my brother has been using
it for years in the studio to run the MIDI sequencer FreeStyle.
The PB 150 recently died and I bought a couple of Powerbook 540c
on eBay to replace it.
My current problem list:
1. My AppleCD 600e (which works fine on the PB 150) does
not show up on either of the PB 540c, so I have no way
to read CDs on the 540c machines.
Cameron Kaiser noted:
This sounds like an Extension problem. Do you have all
the CD
extensions
installed on the 540c? I don't remember them off the top of my
head, but
they're things like Apple CD, Hi-Sierra, etc.
7.5.2 running on my Powerbook 520 has the following CD related
extensions: Apple CD-ROM (5.1.2 - 7.5 update 2.0), High Sierra File
Access (5.1 - 7.5 update 2.0), IS) 9660 File Access (5.1 - 7.5 update
2.0), and Foreign File Access (5.1 - 7.5 update 2.0). Without these
you will not see the CD.
I assume you are using the same cable (HDI-30 to
"Centronics" SCSI).
Note that there are two kinds of adaptor cables. From one of Apple's
FAQs:
"5) Question: I am trying to connect a SCSI device to my PowerBook.
However, when I start up the PowerBook, a diamond icon with a number
appears on my screen.
Answer: You are most likely using the wrong SCSI cable. You should be
using the HDI-30 SCSI System Cable (M2538LL/A), which is a light gray
color and only has 29 pins (there is a pin missing). You are most
likely using the HDI-30 SCSI Disk Adapter cable (M2539LL/A) which is
dark gray and has all 30 pins."
Tom Uban asked:
And how does an extension affect the ability to boot
from the CD? I
would have thought that the boot ROM code would have to know about
the CD without the aid of an extension...
First of all is the CD bootable? You might want to load the CD and
then look in the startup disk control panel and see if you see the CD
as a boot disk - this is independent . If so, choose it and restart -
the older systems only boot from the disk designated in the control
panel. The 540c existed from May 1994 to August 1995 - almost exactly
the same era as the 150 so the CD 600e should work.
3. I thought that updating the version of FreeMidi
from 1.3
to the latest 1.48 would be a good idea. The image size
is 4Mb, which does not fit onto a floppy.
(Cameron Kaiser)
I suspect this problem will be solved when you get the CD working :)